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CFA Action Gallery

CFA holds or participates with allies and friends in rallies, demonstrations, hearings, teach-ins and other educational actions to promote affordable, accessible and high-quality education for all Californians.

This page contains pictures, videos, newsclips and reports from these actions.

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#FreeTheCSU Photo Gallery III

All photos by Vanessa Nelson, photographer and Sacramento City College student. 

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#FreeTheCSU Photo Gallery II
Photos by Michael Henderson, CSU San Marcos

More than 1,000 faculty, students, and community allies flocked to the State Capitol on April 4 to participate in CFA’s #FreeTheCSU event. 

CSU San Marcos faculty member Michael Henderson captured many moments that day, and shared his photography with CFA. 

All photos are used with permission. 

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CFA Equity Conference 2018

CFA’s Equity Conference drew hundreds of faculty activists to the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles March 16-17. 

The conference highlighted CFA’s ongoing Anti-Racism and Social Justice work, taught activists how to hone their skills in ‘talking union’, encouraged discussions about race and gender in the CSU, and offered a chance for participants to collaborate.

Faculty, students, lawmakers: Tuition freezes, increased funding for CSU, UC
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Faculty, students, lawmakers: Tuition freezes, increased funding for CSU, UC
Coalition holds capitol news conference

CFA President Jennifer Eagan was among a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, students, and faculty advocating for a tuition freeze for students at the California State University and the University of California during a Capitol news conference on Monday, March 12.

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Women’s March 2018

CFA activists were among thousands marching for a myriad of social justice issues this past Saturday. Women’s March activities were held throughout the state and country and faculty filled the streets, chanting and demonstrating complete with CFA regalia and clever signs. 

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CFA’s 86th Assembly
Fall 2017

CFA’s 86th Assembly drew hundreds of activists and leaders to Los Angeles, where unity, building power through membership, and protecting the People’s University were key focal points.

 

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Ratification Vote 2017

Campus CFA Chapters held pop up events on campuses throughout the CSU system during the 2017 Ratification vote.

CFA members approved ratification of the Tentative Agreement to extend the collective bargaining agreement between CFA and CSU management by two years.

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AB 21 Support Rally & News Call

Students, faculty, and community allies rallied in front of the Capitol and held a news conference call at CFA headquarters in Sacramento on Tuesday in support of AB 21, which would help provide protections for undocumented students, faculty, and staff in the CSU and community colleges. 

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CFA @ Labor Day 2017

CFA was at Labor Day 2017 events all over California. They marched, rallied and spoke up for the right to join a union, and many more important needs for working people—including university faculty and students.

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#325Million Action Gallery

On Thursday, May 11, faculty, students, and community allies came together in the Capitol rotunda to sing a message to Gov. Jerry Brown: The CSU needs $325 million in additional funding for the 2017-18 year. 

Inspired by the song “Seasons of Love” from the musical “RENT,” the activists participated in a flash-mob style action and serenaded the governor as he exited his press conference that morning. 

Click here to view the action. 

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2017 May Day Action

CFA marched for immigrant & worker rights.

See more photos on the Facebook page of Students for Quality Education

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CFA joins March for Science
Faculty, students participate throughout the state

Faculty and students were among thousands protesting ‘alternative facts’ and marching in the name of footnotes and peer review during March for Science actions throughout California on Saturday, April 22, 2017.

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Proud To Be CFA!
Celebration, Information, Organization—We are the Union

CFA members celebrated, informed and organized April 17-21 to strengthen our union. #ProudToBeCFA

Bottom Line: Join CFA. Ask colleagues to Join CFA.

Download your Proud To Be CFA! logo to put on your door.

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CFA Lobby Days
Spring 2017

Faculty and students converged on CFA Headquarters and the Capitol to meet with lawmakers and urge them to increase state funding for the CSU and support key legislation during CFA Lobby Days April 4-5. 

The two-day event also included a reception honoring Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Senator Ricardo Lara for their work to protect access to quality public higher education in California.

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Faculty to lawmakers: Ethnic Studies programs are struggling, need investment

More than 80 faculty, students, lawmakers and legislative staff crowded a hearing in the Capitol March 23 to hear an update on Black and Ethnic Studies within the CSU, UC and community college systems.

The goal of the hearing, said Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber, was to ensure the departments and programs are continuing to thrive.

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Students to CSU Trustees: The more we pay, the longer we stay
March 2017

Hundreds of students converged on the CSU Trustees meeting in Long Beach Wednesday to protest the proposed tuition increase. 

Members of Students for Quality Education (SQE) and faculty were at the Chancellor’s Office before dawn on Wednesday morning, talking to reporters and greeting Trustees with chanting and signs, urging them to reject the fee increase.

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CFA 85th Assembly
San Diego, Spring 2017

CFA activists and leaders met in San Diego to elect new officers, pass resolutions, hold council meetings, and learn more about the union’s efforts during our 85th Assembly March 10-11 in San Diego.

For more photos, check out the #CFAProud photo gallery.

CFA Forum: Equity and CA public higher ed
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CFA Forum: Equity and CA public higher ed

On February 23, CFA hosted a forum at the State Capitol to brief legislators and their staffs about the lack of investment in the CSU, and its impact on our students and system.

Assemblymembers and CFA activists, along with SEIU and national experts, participated in the panel discussion. The following are highlights from that discussion.

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Students Protest plan to hike Tuition, March 1, 2017

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Forum: Equity in California Higher Education

CFA hosted a forum, “Equity in California Higher Education: Where We Were, Where We Are, and a Pathway to Free Higher Education,” on Feb. 23, 2017. 

The forum included a panel discussion on trends within the California State University and the impact on students and Californians.

Panelists included: 

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